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48. I form my opinion by reading and listening to various sources I can evaluate

Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:25 PM

Nov 2015

Right now, to be honest, it is harder and harder as the media are often a bunch of idiots, but a random guy posting a rant on the internet is generally not my cup of tea, even if he is a Sanders supporters (there are a few idiots there as well).

I formed my opinion a long time ago and it was largely that the smart kid was taken in a circus between two sets of adults, the local authorities on one side who jumped the shark and the so-called intellectual authorities/media exploiting him on the other side.

He is entitled to his opinion, and I have the right not to lose 10 minutes listening to him. You are

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How Ahmed The Clock Boy Conned America [View all] zeemike Nov 2015 OP

Cannot bring myself to listen to it. Mass Nov 2015 #1

Well you can't believe anything you will not hear. zeemike Nov 2015 #4

I form my opinion by reading and listening to various sources I can evaluate Mass Nov 2015 #48

Why did you post this idiot's rant? FiveGoodMen Nov 2015 #2

So you could call him names I guess. zeemike Nov 2015 #6

"truths" demwing Nov 2015 #27

I judge the opinion by the facts presented. zeemike Nov 2015 #55

what utter codswallop niyad Nov 2015 #3

Perhaps, if a good portion of it is true though it cstanleytech Nov 2015 #58

I usually don't comment on articles or videos without reading or watching them, but I find this Chakab Nov 2015 #5

Well like you said you did not hear the evidence. zeemike Nov 2015 #9

I didn't watch this particular video, but I've heard this shit regurgitated by dozens of other Chakab Nov 2015 #11

So then you are saying the facts presented in this are lies? zeemike Nov 2015 #16

'Principal' ... not 'principle'. rog Nov 2015 #29

Ha! You caught me. zeemike Nov 2015 #30

Your words, not mine ... thank you! rog Nov 2015 #35

Yes and I am so ashamed... zeemike Nov 2015 #37

Really? Very smart people make spelling mistakes all the time Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #38

I don't think he predicted it would get this big, but I think he was likely pulling a prank n/t arcane1 Nov 2015 #65

Doesn't. Matter. katsy Nov 2015 #56

The kid is a genius 6chars Nov 2015 #59

IDK but either way katsy Nov 2015 #61

don't suggest you try that 6chars Nov 2015 #62

Just a hypothetical. nt katsy Nov 2015 #64

Sigh ................n/t TubbersUK Nov 2015 #7

by that same mislogic Irving's mosque is baiting the Cruz fans in the black outfits and balaclavas MisterP Nov 2015 #8

What? zeemike Nov 2015 #10

Yah, Ahmed conned us - but this guy is an ass wipe packman Nov 2015 #12

Well I don't know, this is the first time I have seen him zeemike Nov 2015 #17

I'm not a fan of listening to someone other than Lewis Black ranting at me deutsey Nov 2015 #13

Yep, I have jumped that outrage bandwagon too zeemike Nov 2015 #18

The kid was interviewed and arrested ejbr Nov 2015 #14

Then it is the cops that did something wrong? zeemike Nov 2015 #20

I am sharing my individual concerns ejbr Nov 2015 #25

I watched the video... jjewell Nov 2015 #15

Mee too. Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #26

That's pretty much what it was, laying out the facts with a "colorful" delivery. arcane1 Nov 2015 #63

The last thread about this got hidden 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #19

And would not be suprised if this were alerted on. zeemike Nov 2015 #21

like the post on racism that got hidden. apparently it wasnt the right kind saturnsring Nov 2015 #31

Listen to the whole video (rant), and then decide. Hulk Nov 2015 #22

Well I spent 25 or more years in the south zeemike Nov 2015 #28

Go Back And Read Your Post, Hulk Cheviteau Nov 2015 #34

It's intentional Hulk Nov 2015 #44

Racist bigot. Iggo Nov 2015 #23

That's what you got out of it? Wow. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #33

Did you listen to the end? ChiTownDenny Nov 2015 #43

I bet he loves dogs, too. Iggo Nov 2015 #67

Does Bernie? ChiTownDenny Nov 2015 #74

There are several other articles and videos that came to the same conclusion Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #24

Just from the responses I'd say this guy is on to something Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #32

Not morons, just unable to cope with being had. zeemike Nov 2015 #36

You have a good point. Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2015 #39

Okay, for the purpose of being able to comment on this video, I sat through 1monster Nov 2015 #40

Is that what you got out of 3 minuets of this? zeemike Nov 2015 #41

You accuse me of hyperbole?! Did you watch the video you posted? 1monster Nov 2015 #47

"the modern day, live action version of Lex Luthor or the Joker" zeemike Nov 2015 #50

No. It was sarcasm, pure and simple. 1monster Nov 2015 #54

I see the same willingness to believe absurdities CJCRANE Nov 2015 #42

Unfortunately true. zeemike Nov 2015 #51

None of which explains, validates, or justifies how the school or police reacted rocktivity Nov 2015 #45

Cannot Have It Both Ways erpowers Nov 2015 #46

I don't want it both ways I want the truth. zeemike Nov 2015 #52

I watched the video. What a fast-talking, loudmouthed idiot. byronius Nov 2015 #49

too painful BadGimp Nov 2015 #53

The apoplectic guy is not presenting "evidence." He's making heavy innuendo Demit Nov 2015 #57

Are points of fact not fact if cherry picked? zeemike Nov 2015 #60

No, the kid said he BUILT a clock. Other people turned that into "invented." Demit Nov 2015 #66

I am sorry but that is not true. zeemike Nov 2015 #68

Well if you're not interested in reading original reporting I can't help you. Demit Nov 2015 #69

I accept what I see and hear for myself. zeemike Nov 2015 #71

A lot of rather knowledgeable and serious people were impressed 6chars Nov 2015 #72

Some of the original reporting showed that his "clock" was exactly that. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #73

When my son first heard about this Duppers Nov 2015 #70

One question: Who gives a fuck? Darb Nov 2015 #75

Bernie Sanders Supporter Agrees BaldHippie Nov 2015 #76